The 25-30 parliamentary bloc has called on President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi not to ratify the NGO law approved by the house on Tuesday, and asked the president to return it to parliament for further discussion, Al-Ahram’s Arabic website reported. A press … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Clouds were seen at several governorates throughout Egypt on Tuesday, as unstable weather moved in, prompting administrators to put into action plans to confront the bad weather. Several cities and villages in Minya saw thunderstorms and rains. Road accidents … read more
Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry signed on Wednesday a cultural property agreement to prevent the illicit import, export and ownership transfer of antiquities between the US and Egypt, with counterpart US Secretary of State John Kerry, in Washington. “This agreement … read more
Egypt Independent The World Travel and Tourism Council and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) called on the UK to lift the travel ban decision to Sharm el-Sheikh. David Scowsill, President and CEO of the World Travel and Tourism Council, and … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – The number of tourists visiting Egypt increased in October by 7 percent compared to the month before, Egypt’s official statistics agency said on Wednesday. The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said in a statement … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Cairo Governor Atef Abdel Hamid has launched a new initiative called “Capital without Carts”, which is being discussed with the Social Solidarity Fund. The Regional Union of Private Associations in Cairo (RUPAC) would participate to help drivers of … read more
Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate announced in a statement on Tuesday that its deputy head and former chairman Mona Mina has been summoned to appear before the general prosecution on Saturday for undisclosed reasons. Mina is an outspoken proponent of better wages … read more
The committee tasked with recovering stolen funds began on Monday to pursue legal measures to achieve reconciliation with the ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s former minister of industry and trade Rashid Mohamed Rashid, state-run newspaper Al-Ahram reported. The details of the … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm The bad weather is expected to get worse on Thursday, according to meteorologists. Heavy rains and thunder will continue to fall on northern coasts; Cairo and the Delta; north of Upper Egypt, Halayeb, central and northern Sinai. Floods … read more
(Aswat Masriya) – An Egyptian MP said that late Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz should have been put on trial for violating public morality, amid discussions to amend a law related to publishing crimes on Monday. Parliament member Aboul-Maaty Mostafa was among … read more